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The material is King ColorCore: 24"x23"X0.25", white over blue.
The section "Weather Forecasting Stone" was carved with a dull V-bit and left lots of fuzzies. The rest was carve with spiral upcut O flute bits (0.0625, 0.125, 0.25) and carved very well. This will be an outdoor sign.

Here a test I did early on that showed that the XY move should happen before the Z drops down

If you have a clamp in the lower left, then it might be better to have XY home be in the center of the project. FYI, at the end of the file my machine, rather than going to XY home, returns to the machine park position which is Z at max machine height and XY is 3/4ths of the way to the back, towards...

We would love to see photos of the mandolin during the build process.

V12.005 patch to 12.004 worked fine for me.

it is integrated in the Draw Line/Polyline tool

Click and drag with the polyline tool to create a curved line, then press 'S' to make the next line straight

We need this back for sure!

it is integrated in the Draw Line/Polyline tool

Click and drag with the polyline tool to create a curved line, then press 'S' to make the next line straight

Different machines.

The V12 database shows the machine: HCNC
The V11.5 database shows the machine: Imported

Another method is to use the moulding toolpath with a Vector that is an "unwrapped" version of the hex head. You can either calculate the geometry, or find a tool that will generate the unwrapped vector.

The example below is in VCarve 11.5

Be aware that the Large Language Model (LLM) systems are non-deterministic. That means that you can give it the exact same input that you have used before, but get a different result. i.e. that magic words that were used before may yield different results later.

I'm not seeing the issue.
Can you post some screen shots (<Shift><Windows Key><S> to take a screenshot)

What toolpath are you using?

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Can I use ".CRV3D" files?

No, those are Aspire files and cannot be read by VCarve.

This video may help. Pay particular attention to the sections on Zero Plan position, overcut distance, and limit planes. Bookmarks: ~ Orient 3D Model 01:58 ~ Zero Plane Position 05:28 ~ Overcut Distance 07:55 ~ Limit Planes 10:48 ~ Tabs 15:27 ~ Multi Sided View 19:22 ~ Dowels 19:47 ~ Toolpaths 21:50...